Ceiling-fan.



No. 866,292. PATENTED SEPT 17, 1907 O. R. MESTON.

CEILING FAN.

APPLICATION FILED mum, 190s Figl.

' chawes R. Mesbon by fia W @WMAtEy's-J UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

CHARLES R. MESTON, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSI GNOR TO THE EMERSON ELECTRIC MANU- FACTURING COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF MISSOURI.

CEILING-FAN.

No. se6,292.

\ I Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 1 1907.

Application file'd June 2,1906. Serial No. 319,897.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Ci-rAnLEs R. MESTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement 5 in Ceiling-Fans, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part of this specification, in.which- Figure l. is a vertical sectional view of a ceiling fan embodying the features of my invention; Fig. 2 is a view showing the frame in which the fan is located constructed as an clectrolicr which is suspended from the ceiling of a room; and Fig 3 shows the frame supported by a newel-post or by the pedestal of a banquet lamp. 1

This invention relates to electric fans and particularly to ceiling fans and also combined. fans and electroliers.

The ceiling fans which have heretofore been in general use were large, cumbersome structures, inwhich the blades were straight and usually four or five feet in diameter, so that the fan not only took up a great deal of space, but was very inartistic;

One object of my invention is to provide a high speed ceiling fan of small diameter, which presents a neat and ornamental appearance and will be as efficient for distributing air as large-sweep, straight blade fans. of the types heretofore in use.

Another object of my invention is to provide a high speed fan which, with its motor, is arranged in an ornamental frame that may be suspended from the ceiling of a room or mounted on a support, such, for

' example, as a newel-post of a stair-case or the pedestal of a banquet lamp. And still another object of my invention is to provide an electrolier or stand'lainp having located in the interior thereof a high speed fan and the motor which rotates it.

Referring to the drawings, which represent the pre- 40 ferred form of my invention, 1 designates a frame,

which is preferably of spherical form and of skeleton construction, and located inside of said fraine is a motor 2 having fan blades 3 contested to its armature shaft 4.

The frame may be formed-in two sections 5 and 6, as shown in Fig. l, and the casing 7 of the motor is fastened to the lower section of the frame by means of screws 8. 'llnrcasing for the motor is also formed in sections, the upper section 7 being connected to the lower section by screws 9. The arms 10 which carry the fan blades 3 project radially from a hub 11 that is threaded into the endof the armature shaft 4, said fan blades being preferably of the form shown in Fig. 1 and having downwardly projecting portions 12, the rotation of the fan causing air to be drawn in through the top of the frame, as indicate .by the arrows 13 in Fig. 1, and expelled downwardlyfend radially, as indicated by the arrows 14. 'r p The frame is provi "ed with the threaded openings 15 at its top and bottom to receive the rod which suspends the fraine from" the eiling or attaches it directly (if) to the ceiling, and if desired the frame may he inverted so that the fan will distribute the air upwardly and radially instead of downwardly and radially, as shown in Fig. 1

If it is desired to have a combined fan and electrolier, the frame is provided with ornamental pieces 16, and electric light fixtures 17 are fastened to the frame. As previously stated, the frame in which the fan is located may also be connected to a support such as a rod 18 projccting upwardly from a newel-post, as shown in Fig. 3.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: 1

r 1. A ceiling fan comprising a hollow sectional frame of skeleton construction, a high-speed electric motor :irranged inside of said frame and supported thereby and having its armature shaft disposed vertically, and fan blades connected to the armature shaft of the motor and located entirely within said frame, said blades being so formed that they dispel the air radiallyacross the ceiling 0 of the room; substantially'as described. 4

2. A ceiling fan comprising a s pporting frame that consists of two semi-sphericiihshap 6 sections of skeleton eonstructlon each of which is composed of a plurality of metallic ribs, a high-speed electric motor arranged insidev 35 of said frame and connected thereto, and a fan driven by said motor and located completely within the frame, the blades of said fan being so formed that they dispel the air radially; substantially as described.

3. An electric ceiling fan comprising ,a spherical shaped frame formed n sections and being of skeleton construction, ornamental pieces arranged on the outside of the ribs of said frame, a higlrspced electric motor. arranged inside of said frameatd supported thereby, the armature shaft of said motor being disposed vertically, a fan lorated entirely within said frame and having its blades connected to the armature shaft 01' the motor, and elec tric light fixtures connected to the exterior of the frame; substantially as described.

in testimonywhereof, I hereunto atfix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses, this 29th day of May 1906.

CHARLES. R. MESTON.

Witnesses: Y \VELLS L. Cnoncn,

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